"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.